The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-12-22
MISCELLANE

OF q EefllaDIe sea SefpenI. 1ne reptllc
was captured in the Gulf of Mexico,
but on account of its immense size only
its head could be obtained.
Mrs. I. F. Smith, of Brunswick.
Ga, has curiosity in the shape OF a
cedar bush growing out of a solid piece
of limestone rock The rock was
simply lying on the ground. not i'm
bedded at all. The bush is as green as
if it was growing in the natural soil.
An eighty-ton fiat car, the longest
ever constructed in this country, is
building at the Lehigh Valley at Pack
erton. Pa, for the purpose of hauling a
piece of machinery from New York to
Bethlehem, Pa. 1t will be three times
as long as the ordinary fiat car.
10 determine whether her two pet
canaries possessed the sense of color, a
Chicago lady placed before them two
bathing cups. one of ordinary white
ware. the other of colored glass. After
n moments hesitation the birds plunged
into the colored cup, and have since re-
fused to battle in any other.
H F. Snedigar, of Iroquois, D. T..
has prairie yacht in which he skins
over the country. 1t consists simply of
an ordinary road wagon to which sails
are attached. and there IS steering APP
paratus in front. He recently travelled
from Iroquois to Huron. distance of
eighteen miles. in an hour and half,
with light wind.
Where are You going this evening.
Charley" said one young man to an
other. Going to call on Miss Clara"
but You went to see Miss Annie this
summer" "Yes. You see Annie
doesn't like ice-cream, and Clara doesn't
like oysters, and SO l go to see Annie
in the summer and Clara in the win
ter Washington Critic.
The forest lands of the United
States, excluding Alaska, embrace $780,
600, 900 acres. or % per cent of the en-
tire area. The farmers own about 80
per cent. of the forest area, or some
1S5, 900. 900 acres. The rest is owned
by railroad corporations. mine owners,
charcoal burners, tannerics, lumber
men and spectators.
-Cod-liver oil is now taken into the
system with maccaroons and taffy. A
single maccaroon or square of taffy is
made to contain a tablespoonful of oil,
but so completely disguised that chill
dren eagerly swallow the sweets with
out suspicion, while their elders CRATE
fully commend this most successful ex-
pertinent in the interest of medicine.
Come right out and say what you
mean. Mr. Crimsonbeak." said the
clearinghouse mistress; II dislike to
have any one make any bones of any
thing ut my table" ats quite impos-
sible." replied the young man, CHANGING
at the fowl just brought in, ''to make
bones of something that is bones al
ready" YOnkerS Statesman.
Papa, what is confidence mani"
inquired a bright but somewhat in
quisitive youth of the author of his be-
ing. Confidence men. my son. are
generally bank presidents who have all
the confidence in the world in their
cashiers until they abscond with the
funds of the bank. and then they are
victims of misplaced confidence" -
Boston TrarelIcr.
One of the most absent-minded
men in Buffalo was sitting in his hotel
room in the dark the other evening,
when one of the hall boys came in with
a note for him. The man took it, hunted
for match to light the gas, couldn't
find one. stuck the note in the CRATE,
set it blazing, lighted the gas, threw
the burning fragment into the CRATE,
and then hunted high and low for the
note that he wanted to read.
"A mule deer and fallow buck,
whose pens in the Philadelphia zoolOg-
zeal gardens were separated by fence,
got together the other night. and were
found in the morning with their horns
interlocked in deadly combat. 1t re-
quired the exertionS of three keepers
to separate them. and when this was
accomplished the deer chased the men
from the pen. The keepers triumphed
in the end.
A Millerstown CO., young man
not long since wrote two postal cards
on entirely different subjects. He then
turned them over and addressed them,
but by mistake placed the addresses on
the wrong cards. The result was that
the shirt-maker in Harrisburg cot a
polite invitation to take carriage-ridc
in Huff Wards barouche. while the
young mans girl was made frantic by
receiving the following: please send
me a sample of the stuff your shirts
are made of"
For years Indian arrowheads have
been found in such numbers on the
shores Of Bantam Lake, in Connecticut
that antiquarians thought that battle
must have been fought there once. Re-
Gently workers digging there found cor
roboration of the battle theory in the
form of bones of men mingled with rare
Indian weapons. Apparently the men
had been buried in Il sitting posture.
and one grave. by its unusually large
of weapons indicated that its |
occupant had been a chief or mighty !
warrior.
One who claims to know of wnal |
he is speaking says that sealskins are
expensive. not because they are scarce,
but because the trade limits the supply.
If all the skins that could be taken were |